Lindsay, A., Ramirez-Duque, A., Petrick, R. P.A. and Foster, M. E. (2022) A Socially Assistive Robot using Automated Planning in a Paediatric Clinical Setting. In: AAAI Fall Symposium on Artificial Intelligence for Human-Robot Interaction (AI-HRI 2022), Arlington, VA, USA, 17-19 November 2022, (doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2210.09753)
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Abstract
We present an ongoing project that aims to develop a social robot to help children cope with painful and distressing medical procedures in a clinical setting. Our approach uses automated planning as a core component for action selection in order to generate plans that include physical, sensory, and social actions for the robot to use when interacting with humans. A key capability of our system is that the robot’s behaviour adapts based on the affective state of the child patient. The robot must operate in a challenging physical and social environment where appropriate and safe interaction with children, parents/caregivers, and healthcare professionals is crucial. In this paper, we present our system, examine some of the key challenges of the scenario, and describe how they are addressed by our system.
| Item Type: | Conference Proceedings |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Ramirez-Duque, Dr Andres and Foster, Dr Mary Ellen |
| Authors: | Lindsay, A., Ramirez-Duque, A., Petrick, R. P.A., and Foster, M. E. |
| College/School: | College of Science and Engineering > School of Computing Science |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2022 The Authors |
| First Published: | First published in AAAI Fall Symposium on Artificial Intelligence for Human-Robot Interaction (AI-HRI 2022) |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced with the permission of the conference organiser |
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